Dragons v Edinburgh: Teams

Edinburgh head coach Michael Bradley has called on his side to "embrace the opportunity" presented by three consecutive games on the road, starting at Rodney Parade on Saturday.

Despite an historic Heineken Cup campaign, with the club hosting its first home quarter-final on Easter weekend, Edinburgh - currently ninth in the RaboDirect PRO12 - have registered just one away win in the championship this season (against Treviso in November).

Edinburgh's opportunities to address this sequence come against two of the three sides placed below them in the division - Dragons and then Connacht the week after - before taking on an in-form Ulster side at Ravenhill.

"Edinburgh have delivered some very impressive performances at home and away in the Heineken Cup and have come very close to delivering our home form on the road in the RaboDirect PRO12," said Bradley.

"These next three games away from home will provide a stern mental test for our players but we must embrace this opportunity to front-up and address the gaps in our performances outside of Murrayfield."

Competitive

Bradley named just three changes to his starting line up for the trip to Wales.

Sep Visser is promoted from the bench to start his first competitive match alongside his top try-scoring elder brother, Tim.

Recent Scotland A debutant Tom Brown earns his second start at full-back in place of the injured Chris Paterson (groin).

The forward pack remains unchanged with Jim Thompson and Hamish Watson the only changes to the bench as the full-back and back row replacements.

Dragons welcome back loose forward Lewis Evans, who has returned from a calf injury to start for the Welsh region.

Ashley Smith captains the Dragons which sees wing Aled Brew make his 100th appearance for the side.

Dragons: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Andy Tuilagi, 12 Ashley Smith (c), 11 Aled Brew, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Joe Bedford,8 Gavin Thomas, 7 Darren Waters, 6 Lewis Evans, 5 Rob Sidoli,4 Jevon Groves, 3 Nathan Buck, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Nathan Williams.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Phil Price, Dan Way, Hugo Ellis, Tom Brown, Jon Evans, Lewis Robling, Will Harries.

Edinburgh: 15 Tom Brown, 14 Sep Visser, 13 Matt Scott, 12 John Houston, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Chris Leck, 8 Netani Talei, 7 Roddy Grant (c), 6 Stuart McInally, 5 Sean Cox, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Jack Gilding, 2 Alun Walker, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Ulises Gamboa, 19 Esteban Lozada, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Alex Black, 22 Gregor Hunter, 23 Jim Thompson.